India vs West Indies (Chennai) 20th March

ICC World Cup 2011 – 20^th March

42^nd Match – Group B     (day/night    50-over match)

Played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai,

India won by 80 runs;

India won the toss and picked to bat first;

Scoreboard:

India            268/10    (49.1 over)

India Innings	50 over maximum	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
G Gambhir	c Russell b Rampaul	22	26	4	0	84.61
SR Tendulkar	c †Thomas b Rampaul	2	4	0	0	50.00
V Kohli	b Rampaul	59	76	5	0	77.63
Yuvraj Singh	c & b Pollard	113	123	10	2	91.86
MS Dhoni*†	st †Thomas b Bishoo	22	30	1	0	73.33
SK Raina	c Rampaul b Sammy	4	8	0	0	50.00
YK Pathan	b Rampaul	11	10	1	0	110.00
Harbhajan Singh	c Pollard b Russell	3	6	0	0	50.00
R Ashwin	not out	10	7	1	0	142.85
Z Khan	b Rampaul	5	3	1	0	166.66
MM Patel	b Russell	1	2	0	0	50.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 2, w 9)	16

Total (all out; 49.1 over) 268 (5.45 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted;

Fall of wickets:

1-8 (Tendulkar, 0.6 over), 2-51 (Gambhir, 8.3 over), 3-173 (Kohli, 32.2 over), 4-218 (Dhoni, 41.4 over), 5-232 (Raina, 43.5 over), 6-240 (Yuvraj Singh, 44.6 over), 7-251 (Pathan, 46.4 over), 8-259 (Harbhajan Singh, 47.5 over), 9-267 (Khan, 48.5 over), 10-268 (Patel, 49.1 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
R Rampaul	10	0	51	5	5.10	(1w)
SJ Benn	4	0	32	0	8.00
AD Russell	9.1	1	46	2	5.01	(2w)
DJG Sammy	6	0	35	1	5.83	(1w)
D Bishoo	10	0	48	1	4.80
KA Pollard	10	0	49	1	4.90	(1w)

West Indies            188/10    (43 over)    (lost by 80 runs)

West Indies Innings	(target: 269 runs from 50 overs)	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
DS Smith	b Khan	81	97	7	1	83.50
KA Edwards	lbw b Ashwin	17	17	1	1	100.00
DM Bravo	c Harbhajan Singh b Raina	22	29	1	1	75.86
RR Sarwan	c Ashwin b Khan	39	68	3	0	57.35
KA Pollard	c Pathan b Harbhajan Singh	1	3	0	0	33.33
DC Thomas†	st †Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh	2	8	0	0	25.00
DJG Sammy*	run out (Raina/Patel)	2	4	0	0	50.00
AD Russell	c Pathan b Yuvraj Singh	0	5	0	0	0.00
SJ Benn	c Patel b Khan	3	12	0	0	25.00
D Bishoo	not out	6	11	1	0	54.54
R Rampaul	b Ashwin	1	4	0	0	25.00
Extras	(lb 8, w 6)	14

Total (all out; 43 over) 188 (4.37 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted;

Fall of wickets:

1-34 (Edwards, 6.2 over), 2-91 (Bravo, 16.6 over), 3-154 (Smith, 30.3 over), 4-157 (Pollard, 31.5 over), 5-160 (Thomas, 34.2 over), 6-162 (Sammy, 35.3 over), 7-165 (Russell, 36.6 over), 8-179 (Benn, 39.6 over), 9-182 (Sarwan, 41.1 over), 10-188 (Rampaul, 42.6 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
R Ashwin	10	0	41	2	4.10	(1w)
Z Khan	6	0	26	3	4.33	(2w)
Harbhajan Singh	9	1	35	1	3.88	(1w)
YK Pathan	7	0	28	0	4.00
SK Raina	2	0	12	1	6.00
Yuvraj Singh	4	0	18	2	4.50
MM Patel	5	0	20	0	4.00	(1w)

Player of the match:    Yuvraj Singh (India)

Umpires:        SJ Davis (Australia) and SJA Taufel (Australia)

TV umpire:        BNJ Oxenford (Australia)

India sparked to second spot of Group B as they clinched an easy victory over West Indies before some inspired bowling from Zaheer Khan and Yuvraj Singh could be made. Although some tedious cricket from the visitors while chasing 269, but Devon Smith assured some hopes for West Indies to win their final group match, all the hopes ruined when Smith bowled out by stand-out Zaheer Khan in 31^st over. Except first four batsmen nobody could touch the double figure line as they had a chase all wrapped up for the second match in a row. West Indies lost their eight wickets for just 34 runs.

Yuvraj secured his maiden century of World Cup 2011, he fought well although the first wicket of Sachin Tendulkar fell in very first over while facing Rampaul who achieved his 5-wicket haul in World Cup tournament. It was worse for West Indies when Darren Sammy dropped Yuvraj twice; chances were tough but not impossible for him, at 9 and 13. Virat Kohli stood by with his partner Yuvraj to make a vital 3^rd wicket 122-runs stand. India would play their quarter final with Australia in Ahmedabad on 24^th March while West Indies would face dangerous contender Pakistan in Dhaka on 23^rd of this month.

South Africa vs Bangladesh (Mirpur) (19th March)

ICC World Cup 2011 – 19^th March

39^th Match – Group B     (50-over match)

Played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur,

South Africa won by 206 runs;

South Africa won the toss and selected to bat first;

Scoreboard:

South Africa            284/8    (50 over)

South Africa Innings	50 over maximum	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
HM Amla	b Abdur Razzak	51	59	6	0	86.44
GC Smith*	st †Mushfiqur Rahim b Mahmudullah	45	68	4	0	66.17
JH Kallis	c & b Shakib Al Hasan	69	76	5	1	90.78
JP Duminy	c †Mushfiqur Rahim b Rubel Hossain	17	22	1	0	77.27
F du Plessis	c Tamim Iqbal b Rubel Hossain	52	52	4	1	100.00
MN van Wyk†	b Shakib Al Hasan	5	5	0	0	100.00
J Botha	run out (Rubel Hossain)	12	6	2	0	200.00
RJ Peterson	not out	22	9	4	0	244.44
WD Parnell	b Rubel Hossain	0	1	0	0	0.00
LL Tsotsobe	not out	4	2	1	0	200.00
Extras	(lb 3, w 4)	7

Total (8 wickets; 50 over) 284 (5.68 runs per over)

Did not bat:

Imran Tahir

Fall of wickets:

1-98 (Smith, 20.4 over), 2-107 (Amla, 22.3 over), 3-141 (Duminy, 29.6 over), 4-223 (Kallis, 44.3 over), 5-245 (van Wyk, 46.4 over), 6-249 (du Plessis, 47.3 over), 7-273 (Botha, 49.1 over), 8-280 (Parnell, 49.4 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
Shafiul Islam	5	0	44	0	8.80	(1w)
Rubel Hossain	8	0	56	3	7.00
Abdur Razzak	10	1	47	1	4.70	(1w)
Naeem Islam	7	0	42	0	6.00	(1w)
Mahmudullah	10	0	46	1	4.60	(1w)
Shakib Al Hasan	10	0	46	2	4.60

Bangladesh            78/10    (28 over)    (lost by 206 runs)

Bangladesh Innings	(target: 285 runs from 50 overs)	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
Tamim Iqbal	c †van Wyk b Tsotsobe	5	14	1	0	35.71
Imrul Kayes	b Tsotsobe	4	15	1	0	26.66
Junaid Siddique	lbw b Botha	2	7	0	0	28.57
Shahriar Nafees	b Tsotsobe	5	12	1	0	41.66
Mushfiqur Rahim†	c Smith b Peterson	3	21	0	0	14.28
Shakib Al Hasan*	c †van Wyk b Peterson	30	49	4	0	61.22
Mahmudullah	run out (Botha/†van Wyk)	5	17	0	0	29.41
Naeem Islam	b Peterson	8	20	1	0	40.00
Shafiul Islam	b Peterson	0	2	0	0	0.00
Abdur Razzak	c Peterson b Imran Tahir	0	2	0	0	0.00
Rubel Hossain	not out	8	9	2	0	88.88
Extras	(lb 5, w 3)	8

Total (all out; 28 over) 78 (2.78 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted;

Fall of wickets:

1-14 (Tamim Iqbal, 3.3 over), 2-15 (Imrul Kayes, 5.4 over), 3-21 (Junaid Siddique, 6.6 over), 4-21 (Shahriar Nafees, 7.6 over), 5-36 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 15.1 over), 6-58 (Mahmudullah, 21.3 over), 7-61 (Shakib Al Hasan, 23.4 over), 8-61 (Shafiul Islam, 23.6 over), 9-62 (Abdur Razzak, 24.6 over), 10-78 (Naeem Islam, 27.6 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
J Botha	7	1	23	1	3.28
LL Tsotsobe	5	2	14	3	2.80	(1w)
WD Parnell	4	1	4	0	1.00
RJ Peterson	7	3	12	4	1.71
Imran Tahir	5	0	20	1	4.00	(2w)

Player of the match:    LL Tsotsobe (South Africa)

Umpires:        Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and DJ Harper (Australia)

TV umpire:        RJ Tucker (Australia)

South Africa ended the Bangladesh World Cup campaign as they prevailed in finale group match against Bangladesh by a huge margin 206-run in Mirpur. Bangladesh was not favorites to win versus mighty South Africa especially they blown air to thrust the score up to 284. Bangladesh batting line proved feeble before the stand-out bowling performances from Proteas side. No host player reached in double figure against South Africa in their virtual pre-quarterfinal except skipper who made 30 while faced 49 deliveries. Blistering bowling by Lonwabo Tsotsobe caused the substantial spectators at the Shere Bangla Stadium to quickly start deteriorating. They were still in the jerk of lowest score by their team against West Indies earlier in the tournament and faced another heavy blow today to diminish the chances of Bangladesh in World Cup 2011.

This was after South Africa came out roaring in the morning, and the hard base that the openers gave allowed Jacques Kallis and Faf du Plessis to secure and accelerate flawlessly, giving their spin-heavy attack a substantial mitigate to smother Bangladesh and bowl them to the top the group. That they did so with 206 runs to spare was an indication to how the fight completely went out of Bangladesh, and also confirmed England's qualification for the knockouts.

The 206-run crush is the second largest for Bangladesh in ODIs and their largest margin of defeat in World Cups. The previous highest margin of defeat in World Cups was the 198-run loss to Sri Lanka in 2007. This is Bangladesh's second score under 100 in World Cups. They now share the record for most team scores below 100 with Canada, Namibia and Ireland. Bangladesh's 78 are their sixth-lowest score in ODIs and their lowest against South Africa. Three of their top six lowest scores have come in Dhaka. Bangladesh scored just seven runs in the bowling Power-play which is the lowest score by a team in the bowling Power-play in the contest. The previous lowest was nine runs by Kenya against Sri Lanka. Bangladesh has been much poorer in ODIs in Mirpur than in the games played in Chittagong. They have been bowled out twice under 100 in Mirpur and average just 16. In Chittagong, they average 32.75 and score at a slightly higher run rate. The win is South Africa's eighth by a margin of 200 runs or more in ODIs. It is also the third-largest margin of victory for South Africa in World Cups.